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Ezrqn Kemboi

@ezrqnkemboi

I build resilient cloud-native backend systems and lead engineering teams delivering fintech, agritech, and AI products.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for a Principal Software Engineer role where I can own scalable system architecture, lead technical strategy, mentor engineers, and build resilient cloud platforms with distributed teams.

I'm leading end-to-end architecture for TradeCare's FarmData Pod, a farm data management platform built with ReactJS, Django, AWS, and React Native. I partner with founders on technical strategy, build CI/CD practices, and lead hiring, onboarding, and mentorship across the full-stack team.

At YellowCard, I architected Alia, an AI-powered customer-support chatbot, and delivered KYC/AML automation integrating Open-Sanctions, Moody's, SmileID, and Sift. I also designed and operated fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure for high-availability banking and onboarding workflows.

I've led teams of 10+ engineers at TheJitu, built cloud-native systems and REST APIs for enterprise clients, and mentored engineers at Andela. I'm seeking hands-on architectural ownership and technical leadership as a Principal Software Engineer.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Technical Team Lead

Current

TradeCare Limited

Nov 2025 - Present (10 months)

Own end-to-end architecture and technical direction for FarmData Pod, leading a full-stack engineering team and establishing CI/CD pipelines and architectural best practices.

React Django AWS React Native GitHub Actions Docker CI CD Technical Leadership Mentorship Architecture

Current

Founder

Current

MOMI Community-Based Organisation (CBO)

Nov 2022 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Empowered 10,000+ youth through technology education, mentorship, and charitable initiatives, donating computers and facilitating coding and digital literacy programmes.

Technology Education Mentorship Community Outreach Digital Literacy

Senior Software Engineer

YellowCard Inc.

Nov 2021 - Jun 2025 (3 years 7 months)

Architected and delivered an AI-powered customer support chatbot and led KYC/AML compliance automation across a distributed fintech platform, designing resilient AWS infrastructure and building frontend dashboards.

Python fastAPI AWS Lambda Amazon EKS EC2 S3 SNS Amazon SQS Vue.Js TypeScript Datadog KYC AML OpenSanctions Moody'S Analytics Smile ID SIFT AI Chatbot

Lead Software Engineer

TheJitu (Griffin Global Technologies)

May 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Led a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers, architected REST APIs and cloud-native systems for enterprise clients, and initiated a 3-month engineering bootcamp programme.

REST APIs Cloud Native Team Leadership Mentorship Boot Camp Engineering

Software Engineer

Andela

Jun 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 10 months)

Delivered customer-facing features that improved user sign-up flow and conversion rates, built and optimized RESTful APIs, and mentored junior engineers as an Engineering Council representative.

NodeJS Python Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL REST APIs Mentorship